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Genus Compostibacter
Name: Compostibacter Siddiqi et al. 2016
Etymology: Com.pos.ti.bac’ter. L. neut. adj. compostum, compost; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Compostibacter, a rod from compost
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Compostibacter-), kom-pos-ti-BAK-ter
Type species: Compostibacter hankyongensis Siddiqi et al. 2016
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Siddiqi MZ, Muhammad Shafi S, Choi KD, Im WT. Compostibacter hankyongensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from compost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3681-3687. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4921-4923.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Compostibacter hankyongensis Siddiqi et al. 2016 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Chitinophagaceae Kämpfer et al. 2011
Assigned by:
Siddiqi MZ, Muhammad Shafi S, Choi KD, Im WT. Compostibacter hankyongensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from compost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3681-3687. 🇰🇷
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Record number: 519044
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